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I guess that I am surprised that it has taken so long? after all, an animated cursor or icon is a form of executable? The idea of using screensavers (.scr) as an attack vector is relatively old, and I would have expected the .ani to follow on much more rapidly?

Perhaps it is a reflection of the recent major shift in direction towards revenue producing criminality, in the malware world?